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John Green Quotes - Page 50

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It was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. I wanted to be the last one she loved. And I knew I wasn’t. I knew it, and I hated her for it. I hated her for not caring about me. I hated her for leaving that night,

It was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. I wanted to be the last one she loved. And I knew I wasn’t. I knew it, and I hated her for it. I hated her for not caring about me. I hated her for leaving that night, and I hated myself , too, not only because I let her go but because if I had been enough for her, she wouldn’t have even wanted to leave. She would have just lain with me and talked and cried, and I would have listened and kissed at her tears as they pooled in her eyes.

Eye, Caring, Night

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.127, Penguin

The sky is like a monochromatic contemporay painting, drawing me in its illusion of depth, pulling me up.

Sky, Drawing, Depth

The fourth way to get a boy to like you is to be yourself. Now, I am contractually obligated as an adult to give that advice, even though it doesn't work. But yeah, be yourself, even though no one has any idea what it means to be yourself. Like whose self would I otherwise be being?

Being Yourself, Mean, Boys

YouTube Chanel "vlogbrothers" / "How to Make Guys Like You", www.youtube.com. February 24, 2009.

Wait, wait. I don't get it.' 'That is because you only have eight functioning brain cells.

Eight, Cells, Waiting

Nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource. And guys, do not tell me that nerd girls are not hot because that shows a Paris Hilton-esque failure to understand hotness.

Girl, Real, Paris

The Colonel explained to me that 1. this was Alaska's room, and that 2. she had a single room because the girl who was supposed to be her roommate got kicked out at the end of last year, and that 3. Alaska had cigarettes, although the Colonel neglected to ask whether 4. I smoked, which 5. I didn't.

Girl, Alaska, Years

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.23, Penguin

How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast.

Wise, Labyrinth, Notes

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.117, Penguin

"And we'll call you... hmmm. Pudge." "Huh?" "Pudge," the Colonel said. "Because you're skinny. It's called irony, Pudge. Heard of it? Now, let's go get some cigarettes and start this year off right."

Years, Pudge, Skinny

"Looking for Alaska". Book by John Green, March 3, 2005.

She has great breasts," the Colonel said without looking up from the whale. "DO NOT OBJECTIFY WOMEN'S BODIES!" Alaska shouted. Now he looked up. "Sorry. Perky breasts." "That's not any better!

Sorry, Alaska, Whales

John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.51, Penguin

Boys are much more likely to objectify girls bodies, while boys are seen by girls as whole people.

Girl, Boys, People

John Green (2005). “Looking for Alaska: A Novel”, Dutton Childrens Books

But it was only hot outside, and generally I only walked outside between one air-conditioned place to another.

Air, Hot

Like many people, I feel like celebrating. Remember this feeling. It is human, and can help us understand when others express bloodlust.

People, Feelings, Bloodlust

No woman should ever lie about another woman. You've violated the sacred covenant between women! How will stabbing one another in the back help women to rise above patriarchal oppression?

Lying, Covenant, Sacred

John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.55, Penguin

maybe she'd been scared of being paralyzed by fear again.

Scared, Paralyzed

John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.94, Penguin

If I had cared about her as I should have, as I thought I did, how could I have let her go?

Should Have, Should, Let Her Go

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.119, Penguin

the point is that there are always answers.

Answers

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.125, Penguin

it was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. i wanted to be the last one she loved.

Guy, Lasts, Enough

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.127, Penguin

moms aren’t the best audience for medication humor.

Mom, Medication, Audience

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.24, Penguin

So she became impulsive, scared by her inaction into perpetual action.

Action, Scared, Impulsive

John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.94, Penguin

Great news for someone is always bad news for someone else

News, Great News, Bad News

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.54, Penguin

Why is it upset? Shouldn't it be downset?

Upset

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.165, Penguin

what i really want - and what i never get - is to be appreciated. do you know what it’s like to work so hard to make sure everyone’s happy, and to have not a single person recognize it

Want, Appreciated, Single Person

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.152, Penguin

The light filtered throught the leaves and pine needles above as if through lace, the ground spotted in shadow.

Light, Shadow, Lace

Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy.

Failing, Strategy, Bad Life

The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves

Jobs, Reading, People

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